Julian is the Executive Director of Arts Habitat Edmonton, non-profit company engaged in developing and managing affordable and appropriate space for all arts disciplines.
Julian’s extensive arts management career in Edmonton spans 40 years in the performing arts and the pleasure of working in music, theatre, opera and dance as a production manager, stage manager, fundraiser, composer, props master, performer, presenter, and general manager. As a member of the team that built and managed the Winspear Centre and ESO, he was also the project manager for the design, construction and installation of the 3.5M Davis Concert Organ.
Julian was also Executive Director of the Edmonton Fringe Theatre Adventures and Fringe Festival from 2006-2012. Julian has provided strategic planning consultation to many Edmonton arts organizations and festivals. A previous instructor with MacEwan University’s Arts and Cultural Management Program, Post-secondary education includes Music composition and piano, Arts Management from the Banff Centre and Conflict resolution with Alberta Mediation and Arbitration Society.
Julian has served on many boards including; the Edmonton Arts Council and the Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta, Edmonton’s Firefly Theatre, Shumka Dancers and currently Quarter Arts Society. He was awarded Queen Elizabeth II, Diamond Jubilee Medal, for service to his fellow citizens, community and country.
EPISODE NOTES & LINKS
Aeris Osborne
https://aerisosborne.com/
Alberta’s Artist in Residence and Arts Ambassadors Program
https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-artist-residence.aspx
Arts Habitat
https://www.artshab.com/
Arts Habitat - Building Projects
https://www.artshab.com/arts-habitat-spaces/
Arts Habitat - Artists’ Space Needs Registry
https://www.artshab.com/space-registry/
Connections and Exchanges: A 10-Year Plan to Transform Arts and Heritage in Edmonton
https://www.edmonton.ca/sites/default/files/public-files/documents/Connections_and_Exchanges_Final.pdf
Creative City Network of Canada
https://www.creativecity.ca/
The Edmonton Arts Council
https://www.edmontonarts.ca/
Edmonton Community Foundation
https://www.ecfoundation.org/
Edmonton Fringe Festival
https://www.fringetheatre.ca/
Hill Strategies Research Inc.